Why Men Need To Play (with Dr. Michael Crocker)

Play is not optional for outgrowing porn. It's essential! In this episode, Dr. Michael Crocker explains why play supports sexual recovery, and what it looks like to rediscover healthy play as an adult man.

Dr. Michael Crocker is the founder and director of The Sexuality, Attachment, and Trauma Project as well as a private practitioner. Michael provides direct clinical services that address trauma, cross addiction, out-of-control sexual behavior, as well as sexual inhibition, intimacy anxiety, gender disorders, and sexual identity confusion. You can email him at [email protected].

Highly recommended: take Michael's free assessment,  The Play & Positive Affect Inventory.

Books mentioned in this episode (these are paid links):
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From The Myths Of Boyhood, by William Pollack
Play: How It Shapes The Brain, Opens The Imagination, And Invigorates The Soul, by Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan

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